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[Systematic use of a "swan neck" catheter for peritoneal dialysis: first evaluation]
P F Cuénoud1, J Rosman, F Mosimann
1Service de chirurgie, CHUV, Lausanne.
Helvetica Chirurgica Acta
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
We inserted a "swan neck" peritoneal dialysis catheter in 26 patients between January 1991 and December 1992. We report our results in the 24 patients that we were able to follow: they were satisfactory but the exit-site infection rate was too high. Postoperative care of the catheter is of paramount importance to prevent such complications.